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As we speak I'm celebrating the achievement of a long-held ambition - the publication of my debut novel which I began in 2014. You'll see it advertised in the next issue of the ABPA Magazine. So I thought it might be a time for a "story of my writing life" poem.
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JOURNEY OF A WRITER (An Acrostic Poem)
(c) Shelley Hansen 20/10/22
Subjected to the joy of words as soon as I could talk
Hand-picked by loving parents. I began the longest walk.
Each book I read transported me to truly wondrous lands -
Long-lost and far away. I held their magic in my hands.
Librarians and teachers fed my quest to reach for more.
Enlightened, I discovered rhyme - which made my spirit soar!
Youth morphed into adulthood - work became a way of life.
Just now and then I'd pause to write - then I became a wife.
Our lives were busy - words I penned were packed and stowed away,
Yet somehow I suspected that they'd come to light one day.
Himself began to coax me to set free my "shoebox" stash
And liberate those verses (maybe earn a bit of cash?)
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Now life has come full-circle (sixty-seven years it took).
Short stories, bush verse, sonnets. Finally ... I wrote a book!
Etched firmly in Australia, it has elements of me.
Now who on earth will read it? I can only wait and see!
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